psychological sciences

According to mindset theory, individuals either have a “growth mindset,” believing their intelligence can grow with effort, or a “fixed mindset,” believing that their intelligence is relatively stable. Some earlier research findings have suggested that holding a growth mindset is beneficial and res...

Lauren Calandruccio becomes first concurrent winner of Jackson and Wittke awards This January, Lauren Calandruccio dropped everything to drive six hours to Chicago to be with a student whose father passed away there after a long battle with cancer. “She needed someone there,” said Calandruccio, an ...

Around the country, hundreds of schools have invested in educational programs teaching students that, with effort, they can improve traits such as intelligence and, therefore, improve their grades and test scores. However, these programs, known as “growth mindset interventions,” do not work for mos...

It was just Brooke Macnamara’s first day as a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University when she had a study published that upended long-held beliefs about the importance of practice on one’s expertise. The study, published in 2014 in Psychological Science, garnered attention from such publ...

Angela Ciccia, associate professor of communication sciences, won the 2017 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Distinguished Member Award. The award honors an ACRM member who has made significant contributions to the organization as a chair of a committee, task force, interdisciplin...

Students and colleagues across campus are remembering Todd (TJ) McCallum, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, for his warm, caring nature and positive spirit. After a yearlong battle with a chronic illness, McCallum passed away Dec. 5. McCallum, who joined Case Western ...

Entitlement—a personality trait driven by exaggerated feelings of deservingness and superiority—may lead to chronic disappointment, unmet expectations and a habitual, self-reinforcing cycle of behavior with dire psychological and social costs, according to new research by Case Western Reserve Univer...